Including never-before-heard Syd Barrett tracks, new mixes of Atom Heart Mother and Echoes, and loads more

Nearly every notable event from Pink Floyd’s “early years” is chronicled in a massive new box set due for release on November 11th. The Early Years 1965-1972 collects studio outtakes, remixes, and B-sides as well as recordings of radio sessions and live performances. Culled together it makes for 11 hours worth of audio and 14 hours worth of video spread out across a mind-numbing 27 discs.

Over seven hours of the audio is previously unreleased, including tracks with Syd Barrett dating back to 1967 (“Vegetable Man” and “The Beechwoods”) and a 1967 session with John Latham for a never-released short film called Speak. Also featured: “Moonhead” played live on BBC television during the 1969 moon landing; unreleased recordings from the band’s Zabriskie Point soundtrack; and a new remix of 1972’s Obscured By Clouds.

The box set also boasts five hours of rarely seen concert footage, the band’s first five singles pressed on 7-inch vinyl in replica sleeves, and “4.0 Quad” remixes of Atom Heart Mother and Echoes.

The price tag for all of this? $550.00. Hopefully you have a rich uncle.

There’s also a slimmed-down 2CD edition available for the more reasonable price of $15.98.

Disc 8 – DVD/Blu-ray‘Forum Musiques’, Paris, France, January 22 1969
01. Set the Controls For the Heart of the Sun
David Gilmour Interview
02. A Saucerful of Secrets
03. The Man’ and ‘The Journey’: Royal Festival Hall, London, rehearsal, April 14, 1969
Afternoon (Biding My Time)
The Beginning (Green is the Colour)
Cymbaline
Beset By Creatures of the Deep *
The End of the Beginning (A Saucerful of Secrets)Essencer Pop & Blues Festival, Essen, Germany, October 11 1969
04. Careful With That Axe, Eugene
05. A Saucerful of SecretsMusic Power & European Music Revolution, Festival Actuel, Amougies Mont de l’Enclus, Belgium, 25 October 1969
06. Green is the Colour
07. Careful With That Axe, Eugene
08. Set the Controls For the Heart of the Sun
09. Interstellar Overdrive with Frank Zappa

7-inch vinyl singles in reproduction sleeves:
— Arnold Layne C/W Candy And A Currant Bun
— See Emily Play C/W The Scarecrow
— Apples And Oranges C/W Paintbox
— It Would Be So Nice C/W Julia Dream
— Point Me At The Sky C/W Careful With That Axe, Eugene